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mw i < f ! MUCH SWINDLING THROUGH Mill C IIIIHJUUII IfiniLU $129,000,000 TAKEN FROM WHfe PUBLIC BY MAIL . ' FRAUDS. IS RECORD OF TWO YEARS Many Schemes to Defraud the Public Are Operated Through the Mails. Washington.?Loss of $129,000,000 in two years by the unsuspecting public through swindling operation ea' ried on by use of the United Sta? js mails has stirred the postal auth _?rities to a drastic campaign nr linst fraudulent schemers. Wholes ,t< use of government's right to .my the mailing privilege to n*- ons or firms whose operation- be tainted with "T .?.? uaick." and other false promises is the weapon to be employed. An effort to stop this swindling by reliance upon criminal courts has proved ineffective, according to W. 1 I.Lamar, assistant attorney general for me posioinee aepartment, whose annual report was made public on the first. "Criminal proceedings are necessarily slow," says the report, "and by menus of appeals and other methods the execution of sentence are deferred for long periods, during which the concerns and individuals engaged in such fraudulent business continue to reap a harvest through their fraudulent enterprise. In some instances, the penalty being merely a line, there was nothing to prevent the parties from continuing thqir schemes except fear of subsequent Hues. These they could easily afford to pay in view of the Inrge revenue derived from the business." ;* Mr. Lamar points out that a fraud order immediately cuts off the source of supply of funds upon which the scheme lnrgely depends for its continuance and puts many prospective victims on their guard. Postmaster throughout the country, the report says, daily ask rulings on various lottery schemes which cause the department no end of worry. Numerous concerns located abroad continue to mall their advertisements of foreign lotteries into the United States. Frnud orders were issued against 74 such llrins during the year. CIVILCOURTS UNDER TROOPS West Virginia Authorities Arraigned for Conduct During Strike. Washington.?A severe arraignment of the authorities who administered martial law in West Virginia from September, 191U, to June, 1913, when tue cabin creek and Paint Creek coal mine strike troubles were in progress is contained in a subcommittee report made public by Senator Borah, member of the senate committee that conducted an investigation into all phases of the West Virginia disturbance. # The report does not bear the formal indorsement of the full senate committee. but was given out as the "statement of facts," prepared by Senator Borah as the member charged with preparing that section of the report bearing on courtmartial trials and alleged violations of law by military courts. Senator llorah's statement holds that the military authorities, acting under the direction of the governor, superseded all constitutional courts in West Virginia, imposed sentences not authorized by any standing laws, and took over all the duties of the civil courts of the district; and that at the time such martial law was being enforced there was no evidence that the civil courts had been intimidated or that they would have failed to perform their duties faithfully. Five Persons Killed in Collision. Memphis, Tenn.?Five persons were killed and several injured when a train of freight cars struck a street car at a grade crossing here. The accident occurred in the southern outskirts of Memphis where n belt line and the street railway tracks cross, The street car was' crushed and the bodies of the dead badly mangled. Negro Is Lynched in Louisiana. Shreveport, I^a.?Dave Leo. ' u ne gro, wns taken from the Marion coun ty Jail at Jefferson, Texas, by a body of masked, men and h&uged to a bridge nearby.4 The moty com polled the Jailer to give up hlu keys quickly secured the prisoner, execut ed him nnd quietly dispersed. I?e? was charged with shooting nnd wound ing Constable Matt Taylor, while re sistlng arrest. It is Fpld there \ver< but fifteen men in the lynching par ty. No arrests have been made. No Change in Mexic Policy. , Mexico City.?Tho announcement that President Wilson's policy proba bly would 'remain unchanged aftei John Llnd's trip rto Pass Christian la a source of disappointment to mos foreigners and many Mexicans, wh< believed the Interview between th< h president and his personal represen tative might result in some deflnitt tep to put an early end to the dls tresstng conditions, which, so far ai : business is concerned, are fast grow ,.,vf ^ ... ' - * 'HE FORT MILL TIMES, FOI John Skeiton Williams of Richmond, Va., at present assistant secretary of the treasury, i6 the choice of Secretary McAdoo for controller of the cur| rency. BATTLE FOUGHT IN MEXICO REBELS ATTACK THE TOWN. MANY ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Red Cross Worker^ Find Two Hundred Corpses on the Battlefield. Lnredo, Texas.?With the dead variously estimated at front 150 to twice that number, and the wounded several hundred, both armies fought for possession of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the revolutionists under Gen. Pablo Gonzales less than a mile from the town and the Federal forces entrenched within Nuevo Laredo. The government commander nt Nuevo Laredo admitted that at least fifty of his troops had been killed, including Captain Francillas. Official reports from the attacking forces place their dead at 100, including Capt. Eziquol Parars. Red Orosfc workers who crossed to Nuevo Laredo during a lull in the firing reported that they found more than two hundred dead on the field. Flighting, which began at daybreak, lulled at noon, but was reopened three hours later by a machine gun squud who drew away from the main body of Revolutionists nnd poured a hail of bullets into the Federal stronghold. Undaunted by the burstin.. nf ul.nl I.. . 1, ~ 1.1 ? ~ 1 I ..If, v/1 oiicnn, VUC 8H1IIIVI , ntuu IU ur u Frenchman named R r ten, trained his gun with deadly accuracy whenever a sufficient number of Federal targets appeared. Many bullets fell on the American side of the rivur. Narrow escapes wore numerous, but no deaths UNCLE SAM CUARDS HEALTH Patrols From Ocean to Oceon to Keep Down Disease. Washington.?Uncle Sam's health patrol is catching its breath on New Year's day in anticipation of the biggest yeur's work it ever'has undertaken. The summary of the last 1U months of its work contains a record of heroic lights against disease, opposition to the invasion of foreign maladies nnd excursions kito new holds of medical exploration which has had no equal in the history of the organization. Fxperts working under the directions of Surgeon General Rupert Ulue and Assistant Surgeon General Rucker have during the last year covered every nook and corner of the country, routing out unknown diseases, I cleaning up infested places, teaching communities uml individuals how to guard against diseaso and protecting . the American public against disease i immigrants, itinerant "carriers" of disease, unhcalthful surroundings, in, fected rats and polluted drinking water. New York Tops London. New York.?New York City leads London In population by 1,000,000. according; to figures mode public by Dr. ' W. H. Gulfoy, statistician of the I board of health. He fl\es Ne.w York's population at 5.376,966, h total based on the city's presumptive growth since the last count was mudo. This comparison, however, does not include as part of London that city's large suburban v area. While New York,is gaining rnpidly in population, tlio city and county of London is retrogressing. Skeleton of Mastodon Found. I Roanoke, Va.?S. D. Taliaferro of Salem, Va., superintendent of a * crusher plant, unearthed the skeleton of a mastodon measuring thirty feet in '.ength, with a jawbone four feet t in width, ribs six inches wide, teeth > five inches in width and tusks five * feet in length. The finder of the - huge bones was made in a limestone ? country, and was buried beneath the surface of the earth a distance of 20 ? feet. When clearing away the earth - above a ledge of rock, workmen were able to trace tfoe entire outline I ' .. ... . . M $? Vr ' 1 JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS & ^mu ^jp; .flloifOn i LARGER EXPORTS THAN EVER BEFORE 1913 EXCEEDED BEST EFFORTS OF THE PRECEDING YEARS. FOREIGN COMMERCE GROWS 1913 Imports Show Decrease, Due tc Big Reductions in the Cost of Certain Articles. ' Washington.?The foreign com of the United Sthtes in the 9^/emlar year 1913 approximated one tind threevqunrter billion dollars ol imports and two and a half billion of exports. The imports of the eleven (lominunt llgure in American linancc that he soon would take similar ac tion, gave Wall street generally i thrill that almost brought trading 01 the stock exchange to a halt. While it probably is true that man; prominent bankers had informatioi foreshadowing this momentous mov toward ending interlocking directc rates, the public and brokers had u advance knowledge of what was tat ing place in the inner councis of th greatest of all American houses o finance. Wherever telephone and ticb er Hashed the news about the streel groups of men gathered to discus what was the all-absorbing topic. Mr. Morgan, departfhg from hi firm's traditional policy of silence made a public statement announcin the withdrawal of five members c J. P. Morgan & Co. from the drectoi ships in twenty-seven corporation and the Intention to withdraw froi nioTe. Exports to South Africa. Washington. ? Success that ha marked the efforts of American mam l'acturers to establish markets fc their exports in the union of Sout Africa, long considered to be excli sive province for foreign traders, r< futes uny assertion that competltlo is driving Americans front the held i trade, according to a statement mad public by the department of con nterco. Lower Express Next Month. Washington.?Lower express rate throughout the country will' becom effective one month from now by th terms of the recent interstate con merce commission order. Not onl will the rates be reduced mutcriall; but tbe companies will comply wit Yegulatlons for improved methods c service. Experts estimate the ave ego reduction in charges will appro: lmate 17 per cent. One official of large express company said that th business for 1913 was 25 per cen less than it was in 1912. Would Create Four Vice Admiral Washington.?Congress will be asl ed to create four vice admirals in th United States navy Immediately aftt the holidny recess. Secretary Dnnie said he had determined on this court to nvoid the possibility of embarniH ment to the American navy in fo eign service. Frequently Mr. Danie explained, in a.field which rcasonabl should be dominated by American ii fluence, a foreign officer might tak first rank because of the failure < the United States to provide for th grade above that of rear admiral. months ended with November were $1,609,000,000; should the December imports equal those of November the total for the full year would be $1, 756,000,000. The exports of the clever months ended with November were $2,251,000,000; should the December exports equal those of November the totul would be, $2,497,000,000. This estimate would make the excess ol exports over importB approximately $740,000,000. The figures of export^ and of excess of exports over imports will exceed those of any earlier year. The largest expert in any preceding calendar year was that of 1912, which showed a to tal of $2,299,217,993; and as the clever months ended with November ars $102,000,000 in, excess of the corre sponding period of the preceding year the estimate of approximately twe and a half billion for 1913 set ms tc be justified. The excess or exports over imports in the eleven months ended with November was $64 2,000, .000. and for tin; single months ol November $97,000,000, thus apparently justifying the estimate of $740,000, 000 excess of exports for the ful year. in imports the total for 1913 wil ho losio Minn Mint of 1Q19 hnt lnrcvm than that of any year preceding 1912 This decline in imports in 1913 is du? in part to reduction in prices of cer tain articles imported. While tin quantity of sugar imported in the tei months ended with October exceedei that of the corresponding period o 1912 by 368,000,000 pounds, the vahn of this larger quantity imported dur ing the 1913 period was ?22,000,001 loss than that of the correspondim period of 1912. PLAN TO DROP CORPORATIONS Men of Affairs Decided to Line With Spirit of Times. * New York.?The withdrawal of J P. Morgan & Co. from more than ; score of great corporations and tin statement shortly afterwards n; George F. ltaker, an almost equal!; v r i. ' j /.~ v . + IT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA ** MISS MAUDE 0. MiNAHAN j ^kjgbbt <-. ^'^SWEj;1 IkbS BraSEsSuSKsi 4cV' ^Hb^H^BB|^S|^BP^^ '^jji|f HHW^ **$&&&J ffwinM >M^lTI#1 :>'<. JjBBj^P*^ iyv r ;gE^y l X^. jij&r Miss Maude Olive Minahan of New York City, who has been voted %y the > students at Wellesley college, Massai j chusetts, to be the most beautiful girl < | at the college. 4 I : CREAT CHANGES PAST YEAR I POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND Flj NANCIAL LEGISLATION DURr ING 1913 IMPORTANT. , New Era in Relations of Government and Big Corporations?Foreign 3 Relations Eventful. j Washington.?Twelve mouths of f 1913 wrought changes in the Ameri- j e can government?political, economic I ' und linuncial?probably more Tarreaching than any other year of tt>o ? last quarter century?this year was apparent in a backward glance over memorable events of the past year > in all branches of governmental activity. B A Democratic administration in national affairs.came to power In this twelve months with a Democratic president and a Democratic congress x at his back for the first time since ; a Urover Cleveland occupied the white I house. The first constitutional amendments since 1ST0 were perfected,. providing ; two radical changes in the fundnmentals of government -an income t II tax and the direct election of United > 11 States senators. a BANKS ACCEPTING SYSTEM e In One Wiek 767 Banks Apply for Admission. e Washington.?Seven hundred and if sixty-seven banking institutions, scati tered over forty-five states and having t, an aggregate capital, exclusive of surs plus, of approximately $300,000,000 have informed the federal authorities s of their intention to enter the new curi, rency system. This was announced g by the treasury department a week ?f after the currency reform law was r- enacted. s The department's statement said: u "Six hundred and ninety-live applications have" been received from national banks with an aggregate capital of about $250,000,000 ,so that up to this s time nntional banks representing api proximately one-fourth of the total ir national banking capital of the counh try already have signified their mi tention to enter the system. 3- "Of the nutional banks 09 have a n capitnl of $1,000,000 or more; 142 >f have a capital of from $250,000 to $1,o 000,000; 270 have a capital of from l- $100,000 to $250,000 and 214 have a capital of less than $100,000. $250,000 Ransom Will Be Paid. is Chihuahua.?Two hundred and fifty e thousand dollars in gold has pern e agreed upon by General Villa, rebel i- military chief, as the ransom he will y accept for the release of Luis Terray, zas, son of the wealthy Mexican land h owner. Terrar.as has bepn imprtson>f ed here for five weeks on the charge r- that he had supported the. federal ndic ministration. The money is to be paid a by Luis Terarzas, Sr., who has been e negotiating from El Paso for his son's t. release. The prisoner Is to be hrc uglit to the border under safe conduct. s. Fire Alarm Raised Within Hall. y> Calumet, Mich.?An open verdict, in,e eluding a finding that the Christ mis !r Kve panic which cost seventy-tv o In lives in Italian hall was caused by a a ,e alarm of tire raised within the hall, g. was returned by the coroner's Jury, r. which for three days has been bearla Ing evidence. Every allegation that y enemies of the Western Federation of n. Miners wero responsible for starting q the panic was rejected by the jury, jf "Hy the evidence of the witnesses, ie we And that the cause of death was suffocation," was the verdict. i : . ?v - . ' ' V ' ." ,.' . A A.', 1 M# NO WHY OF ESCAPE | rnnn iiinnur t ?? i mum iKiiumt m 'j ??? , REGULATIONS SAY EVERY CITIZEN OF NATION MUST MAKE RETURNS. I j. REFUSAL MEANS A FINE I * Forma to Be Used By Individuals Sent Out by the Treasury Department.? I March First Date Set.?Sickness or Absence Excuses. Washington.?The form to be used , and regulations to be followed by in- i dividuals in making returns of income subject to the new Federal income tare were sent out by the Treasury Department. Every citizen of the United States whether residing at home or abroad, every person residing in the i United Stales and every non-resident alien .who has income from United States investments of $3,000 or more, must make return. For the past year, 1913, specific exemptions will be $2,500, or $3,333.33 in the case of a married person, and in future years $3 00 and $4,000. I Where the tax has been witheld on part of the income at the source, or ; where part of the income comes as dividends *pon stock of u corporation, taxable under the corporation tax section of the law .the regulations set forth that such income shall be de- | ducted from the individual's total net | income when computing the amount J of which he is taxable. The law imposes a tax of 1 per cent and provides that individuals who have an income between $20,000 and $50,000 shall pay an additional tax to 1 per cent on such amount; on j all between $50,000 and $75,000. two j per cent; $75,000 to $100,000, three I per cent; $100,000 to $250,000 four | per cent; $250,000 to $500,000. live 1 per cent, and ail over $500,000, six per cent. Returns must be in the hands of the collector of internal revenue in district where the payee lives or district where he has his principal j place of business not later than March 1, failure to observe this limit to bo ! punished with fines ranging from $20 to $1,000. Refusal or neglect to file returns, exeept in case of sickness or absence will result in an addition of 50 per cent to the tax assessed. In the ease of false or fraudulent erturn 100 per cent will be added to the tax assessed and any person required to make, render, sign or verify such return, who makes a false or fraudulent statement. with intent to defeat or evade the tax, will he guilty o fa misdemeanor and subject to a One of not more than $2,000 or imprisonment lor one year, or both. Thirty Perish With Steamer. New York.?The .ink steamer in trouble off Sandy Hook was the Oklahoma and twenty-two of her crew appear to have perished. ISicht were saved. This was the substance of wireless messages received hefcv Although several vessels were standing by the distressed tank liner, the Hamburg-American line freighter Bavaria, bound from Philadelphia to Baston. was the only one able to render assistance. She reported by wireless shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning that she had been able to take off Captain Alfred (lunter. Chief Mate Bertlverson. Second Mate Knuto Pahle, Third Mate Carl Eklunde, Operator William Davis, Boatman Christian Rasmussen. Quartermaster Hamilton Fowell and Herman Ericksen, the ship's carpenter. No mention j was made of the remainder of the crew, thirty in number. The Oi|Uhoma was owned by the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Company, i was 2,795 tons net and 110 feet long. Rev. Billy Sunday Vs. Bar Tenders. Pittsburgh, Pa.?When Rev. Billy ! Sunday came here recently to "clean up Pittsburgh," the Bar Tenders' t Union grew excited and offered $5,000 for the privilege of having its busii ness secretary debate with the evan| gelist on the question: "Who is get ting the coin?Billy Sunday or us?" | Mr. Sunday declined tne challenge. ^ ' Attempt to Settle Strike. Caluniet. Mich.-?Interest in the copper miners' stride in northern ' Michigan centered around Governor | Woodbridge N. Ferris; who is toming i here to endeavor to bring about a settlement of the prolonged strike? called ! by the Western Federation of Miners. The governor arrived in the gtirkc j zone but a few hours after the departure of .John R. Densmore. solicitor for the department of labdr, who returned to Washington after failing to bring together the opposing interests \ of the strike. Body of Girl Found. New York.?The body of Miss JesI sie E. McFann, the young settlement worker who disappeared a month ago and which was found 011 the beach at Coney Island, was taken to the home of her father in Flatbush. No like case since the disappearance of Dorothy Arnold has aroused so much publie interest. The newspapers have devoted much space to her disappearance, public officials have worked zealously to locate her. and moving picture theatres have shown her picture. V ]] MORGUE KEEPTRDEAD; i CORPSE IN HIS ARMS Caretaker at Chicago Dentistry College Is Killed in Grew.some Elevator Accident. Chicago.?Here is the story of ? tragedy that resembles, in horror and m Luiuuiauw uu?ci, iimse sirange. unearthly tragedies related in the book of Kings, wherein the dead arise and slay. James North was the caretaker In charge of the morgue of the ChicagoCollege of Dentistry of the University of Illinois at 1S36 West Harrison street. He was thirty-six years old. and he lived with hts wife and three children at 7429 South May street. The other night North failed to return home. His body was found the next morning at the bottom of the elevator Across His Chest Lay the Corpse. shaft (if the school building. The peculiar actions of a dog belonging to.lanes Mitchell, a watchman, led to the discovery. The dead man lay upon his backIn his arms, across his chest, lay the body of a corpse. Upon that was a. large table. The corpse and table, it was said, had been used Friday afternoon in a classroom clinic. North had been dead for twelve or fourteeir hours, it is believed. It Is known that North was sent to- i the classroom, which Is on the fotir'A 4 v floor of the school building, nlyg, j o'clock in the afternoon. Tbo class 1 had been dismissed, and he was to return the corpse to the morgue. For some renson. however. North went first to the fifth floor in the elevator, which he was operating himself, and' the elevator was found there. Hut North, it is believed, walked down to the fourth floor, and pushed tlie table containing the corpse intothe lmll. He must have forgotten that lie left the car on the floor above. For be opened the elevator door and backed into the shaft, pulling the table and corpse after him. TDAOtnV ntr Oil r-*IT Hfnnnn I I1MULU I Ul Oll-C.IV I WUUUi Nimrod, Leg Broken Among Rocks of Lonely Mountain. Finally Dies From Exhaustion. Middletown, K. V.?A tragedy of the groat, silent woods has been discovered In the Shawangunk mountains. There was brought to town a few days ago the body of the victim, an tiniden titled man. believed to have perished | by starvation after having been Injured by a fall among the rocks of the | forest. Discovery of the tragedy was made I by John Dlverlelu. of Ellenville, while on a shooting trip. Diverleiti, while tramping through the woods, saw the ! body of the man crumpled up in a ledge of rocks at the base of a high cliff. It took half an hour's arduous work to reach it. ThOjhunter found that one of the legs of the dead man had been broken and there also waa I a severe cut on the head. Broken twigs and occasional signs of hlood showed Miverlein that the victim. after the accident, had attempted ; to drag himself to a camp or to some place where he could attract aid. But I the injuries overcame him. a;?d when he revived it was only to face slow , death by starvation.The wounds were not sufTicicnt to : have caused death, and it is believed I that lack of food and water, rather than ior medical attention,- killed- thre man. The body was .greatly emaciated. and sevejral days, it is believed, elapsed between the fait and the time when death mercifully ended his terrible sufferings. The dead man's .gun was found on I a ledge almost a quarter of u mile from where his body was "found, indicating 1 the probable point of the fall It ah-io 1 shows the distance the mart had ? dragged himself over the rough tiill! side before "no becarao toe weak to 1 move. ? May Now Hop. i Yonkers, N. Y.- Hobble skirt wearers may hop. but needn't skip or jump* i says Police Captain Cooley, and ho I lias ordered his cops to see that auto Ists slow down to enable the women U cross the streets with dignity. Posed in Lion Cage; $12,000. Berlin.?Emmy l>e8tlnn, prima doona. was paid $12,000 for posing for the "movies" In a cage of lions. A film company insured her life for $125jOM? *1